Pillow with hand puppet receivable in a pocket thereof and manipulable while therein

ABSTRACT

A doll and pillow combination wherein a baby doll is removably received on one side of the pillow in a pocket secured to a pillow case. The body portion of the doll is hollow so that a child may place a hand inside the doll and manipulate the same in a manner as a puppet.

United States Patent [22] Filed: Apr. 28, 1972 [21] Appl. No.: 248,429

[52] US. Cl 46/116, 5/337, 5/339, 46/154 [51] Int. Cl A63h 3/14 [58]Field of Search 46/154, 116', 5/337, 339

[56] References Cited UNlTED STATES PATENTS 1,651,738 12/1927 Stein eta1. 46/154 X 2,6l9,771 12/1952 Jones 46/154 Morrison Feb. 5, 1974 [5 1PILLOW WITH HAND PUPPET 2,593,218 4/1952 Swain 46 116 ux RECEIVABLE [N APOCKET THEREOF f; g i 1 v 6115 BW AND MANIPULABLE WHILE THERE D98 0621/1936 Gaba 46/116 ux [751 Inventor: Howard J. Morrison, Peerfield, lll.FOREIGN PATENTS 0R APPLICATIONS V 1 AS5191: f' Glass AS50931, 16,8096/1908 Great Britain 5/339 Chicago, 432,869 10/1911 France .1 5/339Primary ExaminerF. Barry Shay Attorney, Agent, or FirmCoffee & Sweeney[57] ABSTRACT A doll and pillow combination wherein a baby doll isremovably received on one side of the pillow in a pocket secured to apillow case. The body portion of the doll is hollow so that a child mayplace a hand inside the doll and manipulate the same in a manner as apuppet.

4 Claims, 5 Drawing Figures Patented Feb. 5, 1974 PILLOW WITH HANDPUPPET RECEIVABLE IN A POCKET THEREOF AND MANIPULABLE WHILE THEREINBACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to asimulated human figure in the form of a baby doll and supporting meanstherefore. and more particularly to a combination of doll and carryingpillow particularly adapted for the pleasure and amusement of a child.

Combinations of dolls and doll carrying supports are known and in someinstances the support comprises a pocket formed on a child's garment orthe like whereby the doll is insertable into the pocket for carryingabout by the child. Other combinations of garments and toys includepockets formed on a childs garment, the pocket itself forming part of apuppet-type figure. Examples of such combinations and related puppetfigures are shown in the following U.S. Pat. Nos:

2,628.452 Gladstein Feb. l7, 1953 2,655,762 Burke Oct. 20, I9533.447.165 Brosk June 3, 1969 An object of this invention is to provide anew and improved combination of a doll and support means thereforeadapted for the pleasure and amusement of a child.

Another object of the invention is to provide a combina-tion of a pillowand puppet-doll combination wherein a baby doll is insertable into apocket formed on the pillow, the doll being a puppet doll manipulatableby a child.

In the exemplary embodiment of the invention, a combination is providedwhich includes a hand manipulatable doll having a body portion formed bya dresslike garment and a pillow which has a pillow case with a pocketformed on one side thereof within which the doll is removably received.The dolls dress has hollow sleeve portions with hands secured on theouter ends thereof. and a head is secured to the top of the dresswhereby a child may insert his hand into the bottom of the dress andmanipulate the doll in a manner as a puppet.

Other objects, features and advantages of the invention will be apparentfrom the following detailed description taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. I is a plan view of the doll and pillowcombination of the present invention, with the doll received in a pocketon the pillow;

FIG. 2 is a section taken generally along the line 2-2 of FIG. I, withthe doll shown in elevation;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view ofthe doll, with portions thereof brokenaway and in section to facilitate the illustration of the variouscomponents of the doll;

FIG. 4 is a partial section through the neck portion of the dolls headwhich is removably secured to the dolls body forming garment; and

FIG. 5 is a partial section through the wrist portion of the dolls handswhich are removably secured on the end of the sleeve portions of thedolls body forming garment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Referring to the drawings ingreater detail, the novel combination of the present invention includesa hand manipulatable puppet-type baby doll, generally designated I0,removably received on one side of a pillow, generally designated 12. Apocket forming flap I4 is secured, as by stitching 16 on two sides ofthe flap 14, to one side of the pillow 12 to form means for movablysecuring the doll to the pillow. The bottom I7 of the flap I4 is notstitched to the pillow, to provide a bottom opening through which achild may insert his hand to manipulate the puppet doll 10, as describedhereinafter. The pocket forming flap 14 has an elastic band 18 boundingone side of the top opening to the pocket to provide expansion when achild's hand is placed into the doll. The pocket forming flap preferablyis styled to resemble a blanket.

It should be understood that the use of the term "pillow herein, and inthe claims, is meant to include not only a pillow having a pillow case20 and filler material 22, as shown in FIG. 2, but also all typesofsolid" pillows formed by a body of resilient material such as foammaterial onto which the pocket forming flap 14 may be secured directly.

The pillow case 20 is shown herein as formed by a pair of sheets offabric, or the like, secured around three sides thereof by stitching 24.The fourth side of the pillow case (the left side shown in FIG. 1) isclosed by a plurality of releasable snap means 26 to permit a pillowbody (such as 22) of foam rubber to be inserted within and removed fromthe pillow case.

The hand manipulatable baby doll puppet 10 is shown best in FIG. 3 andincludes a dress-like garment 28 of fabric or other appropriate flexiblematerial having sleeve portions 30 and a collar portion 32. Thedress-like garment has an opening 40 at the bottom thereof through whicha child may insert his hand into the inside of the dolls body, formed bythe garment 28, and manipulate the doll in a manner as a puppet. Achilds hand is shown in phantom in FIG. 3, as at 41, with fingersthereof inserted into the sleeve portions 30 and the collar portion 32to manipulate the hands and head (described hereinafter) of the doll.

The doll 10 is provided with hands 42 fabricated of plastic material orthe like which are received in the ends of the sleeve portions 30 of thegarment 28. More particularly, as seen in FIGS. 3 and 5, the wristportions of the hands have annular recesses 44 about the outsidethereof. Stitching or elastic bands 46 are sewn about the ends of thesleeve portions 30 for positioning within the annular recesses 44 tosecure the hands 42 to the ends of the sleeve portions 30. The inner endof each of the hands 42 are provided with recesses 48 into which theends of a childs fingers may be inserted to further facilitatemanipulation of the doll in a manner as a puppet.

The doll is provided with a generally hollow head portion 50 which issecured to the collar portion 32 of the garment 28, similarly as withthe hands 42. More particularly. as seen in FIGS. 3 and 4, an annularrib 52 is formed on the outside of the neck portion 54 of the head 50forming an annular recess 56 therebehind for receiving a stitchedportion or an elastic band 58 secured about the opening formed by thecollar portion 32 of the garment 28. The elastic band 58 thereby seatsin the recessed portion 56 and secures the dolls head 50 on top of thegarment 28. The garment may be provided with a cap portion 60positionable about the back of the dolls head 50.

Complementary male-female snap means, generally designated 62 in FIG. 2,are provided on the dolls garment 28 and on the pillow case within thepocket beneath flap 14. The snap means removably secure the dolldirectly to the pillow within the pocket formed by flap 14. Female snapportions 64 are shown on the dolls garment in FIG. 3.

With the present invention, it is apparent that the novel combinationnot only affords a pleasing and amusing hand manipulatable puppet-typedoll for the enjoyment of a child, but complementary pocket means on thepillow 12 not only provides a support for the doll but permits a childto place the doll in the pillow pocket while the child sleeps or rests,using the remaining portion of the pillow 12 for the childs head, if hewishes. With the pocket for the doll, the doll is placed in closecommunication with the child while they both lie face to face on thepillow. The child can pretend, talk, imagine numerous situations (e.g.,mother is coming, let's pretend we are sleeping", there is a boogey manin the closet", aren't you scared, etc.)

To enhance the enjoyability of utilizing the doll both as a puppet aswell as a sleeping companion, preferably the eyes 63 in the dolls headare conventionally weighted gravity type movably mounted spheres whicheffect opening of the dolls eyes when the doll is in an uprightcondition, as shown in H6. 3, and effect closing of the dolls eyes whenthe doll is in a prone position as shown in FIG. 1. One type of suchknown construction would be to pivotally mount the eye-forming spheresin complementary sockets for pivoting about horizontal axes, the spheresbeing weighted at the base thereof to effect pivoting as describedabove.

The foregoing detailed description has been given for clearness ofunderstanding only and no unnecessary limitations should be understoodtherefrom as some modifications will be obvious to those skilled in theart.

1. in combination, a doll, and distinct and separate therefrom, astuffed pillow substantially larger than said doll with a pocket formedat one end thereof for removably receiving the doll with the remainderof the pillow providing sufficient space at the opposite end thereof onwhich a child may rest his head, at least the lower portion of said dollbeing receivable in said pocket, said doll and said pillow includingmeans enabling a child to manipulate said doll, said means including anaccess opening in said doll through which a child may insert his handinto the inside of the doll and manipulate the doll as a puppet, and anopen bottom in said pocket through which a child may insert his handinto said access opening and manipulate the doll while the doll is insaid pocket and while the child may rest his head on the pillow adjacentto the doll disposed within the pocket.

2. The combination of claim 1 wherein at least part of a top opening tosaid pocket is bounded by elastic material to provide for expansion whena child inserts his hand into the pocket.

3. The combination of claim 1 including complementary snap means on thedoll and on said pillow case within said pocket to removably hold thedoll to the pillow case.

4. The combination of claim 1 wherein said doll has gravity operatedmovable eye portions mounted for movement between closed positions whenthe doll is placed in a prone position, for instance on said pillow, andopen positions when the doll is placed in an upright position, forinstance when used as a puppet.

1. In combination, a doll, and distinct and separate therefrom, astuffed pillow substantially larger than said doll with a pocket formedat one end thereof for removably receiving the doll with the remainderof the pillow providing sufficient space at the opposite end thereof onwhich a child may rest his head, at least the lower portion of said dollbeing receivable in said pocket, said doll and said pillow includingmeans enabling a child to manipulate said doll, said means including anaccess opening in said doll through which a child may insert his handinto the inside of the doll and manipulate the doll as a puppet, and anopen bottom in said pocket through which a child may insert his handinto said access opening and manipulate the doll while the doll is insaid pocket and while the child may rest his head on the pillow adjacentto the doll disposed within the pocket.
 2. The combination of claim 1wherein at least part of a top opening to said pocket is bounded byelastic material to provide for expansion when a child inserts his handinto the pocket.
 3. The combination of claim 1 including complementarysnap means on the doll and on said pillow case within said pocket toremovably hold the doll to the pillow case.
 4. The combination of claim1 wherein said doll has gravity operated movable eye portions mountedfor movement between closed positions when the doll is placed in a proneposition, for instance on said pillow, and open positions when the dollis placed in an upright position, for instance when used as a puppet.